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Lawyer Found Guilty in Money Laundering Case

A Texas attorney and two co-conspirators face 40 years in prison after a federal jury on Friday convicted them in a case involving defrauding lawyers and law firms across the nation out of at least $8.8 million.

Attorney Perry Don Cortese of Little River, Texas, and his co-defendants were convicted of conspiracy to commit international money laundering and conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, according to U.S. Attorney A. Lee Bentley III of Florida.